Chapter 2 chapter 2

"Let's go out first!" Narita helped up Riko who was about to fall down, and pushed Gao Ming, who was temporarily unable to speak, out of the door.When he went out, he turned off the lights in order to prevent confusion caused by someone seeing the body from the window. "Better lock the key." Narita took the key from Jiang Lizi, locked the door and returned it to her. "Let's go to another room to think about the aftermath countermeasures. Walking around in this kind of place will definitely be suspected by others." "Countermeasures for the aftermath..."

Jiang Lizi managed to utter a few words. "I'll explain in detail later, is there any room available?" "Go to the reception room, no one should come." Gao Ming said. "Then let's go quickly and discuss over there." Narita pushed and pushed the two who didn't know what medicine he bought in the gourd, and walked out quickly.The situation was so bad that some countermeasures had to be considered—his mind was racing. Gao Ming and Jiang Lizi sat on the sofas on both sides, and Narita stood where he could see them both at the same time.Since the door is locked, Gao Ming can guarantee the sound insulation effect of this room.

"Why did the chairman commit suicide..." Gao Ming said with a groan. "Recently, he has signs of depression. He may have acted impulsively after being stimulated by his wife just now. Let's not talk about this..." Narita looked at the two people in a daze and said. "What to do now?" "What else can I do, I can only call the police." Gao Ming breathed a sigh of relief and said, "No one can do anything when the situation develops into this situation. I also want to do my best to prevent the chairman's ugly appearance from being exposed to the world!"

Unexpectedly, Jiang Lizi shook his head violently. "No! That's exactly what I absolutely disagree with!" "Why?" Gao Ming asked. "Think about it, I haven't officially become Zheng Mu's wife yet, if he dies just like that, I won't get a dime!" Jiang Lizi let down his long hair and rubbed it on his head a few times.He didn't seem to care about her clever face, but after a while, the corners of his mouth twitched, revealing a smile. "This is also a last resort. If you are unlucky, you have to give up! In retrospect, it is your own fault. But didn't the chairman buy a huge amount of life insurance with you as the beneficiary? Although I don't know the exact amount, but definitely No less than one hundred million, with this money you can make up for some losses, right?"

Perhaps because of the thought of the insurance money, Jiang Lizi's expression softened a lot.The total amount of insurance money received by the beneficiary was 300 million yuan - according to Narita's memory, but Narita announced with a mournful face: "In the case of the insured committing suicide, if the contract is less than one year old, he will not be able to get the insurance money. The starting date of the contract with Jiang Lizi as the beneficiary of the chairman is two or three days after his birthday last year. If this Treat the matter like this as a suicide, and Jiang Lizi still won't get anything."

Just now, Narita thought the situation was extremely bad because he thought of this. "That is to say, I can't get my inheritance and insurance money?" Jiang Lizi screamed hysterically. "exactly." "I do not want!" Jiang Lizi frantically scratched his hair again, shouting. "I've been dating that kind of old man for nearly a year, but in the end, the bamboo basket fetches water in vain. This is too much!" "It's your fate." Gao Ming said coldly. "correct!" Jiang Lizi looked at Narita with helpless eyes. "Can you make it look like he killed him? Then you can get the insurance money!"

"No way." Gao Ming interrupted before Narita could answer. "If you want to do this, the police will investigate step by step and it will complicate the matter. If you have to do it, just pretend to be an accidental death. This way the face of Masaki's family can live well, and you can also get insurance money. Well, this Great way!" "It doesn't work." These words came from Narita's mouth. He looked at the expressions of the other two in turn, and said calmly, "It's impossible to pretend to be a homicide or an accidental death." "why?"

"It will be revealed." Narita stared straight at Gao Ming, and replied, "It will definitely be exposed. No matter how clever the disguise is, the police will not be able to mistake the dead body that hanged itself for a homicide or accidental death. Just look at the strangle marks on the rope. , or it is very easy to make a judgment through the state of congestion." "Is it so easy to see?" "It's very easy. Ordinary homicide and suicide may be difficult to distinguish, but the distinction between hanging and strangulation is the basis of medicine, even in the textbooks of the police academy."

Gao Ming spread his hands to Jiang Lizi. "It doesn't seem to work." She seemed to have given up on what she had just thought about Narita's explanation, but she still refused to give up. She looked at Narita and asked, "Is there any coup?" Narita turned his sharp eyes to Gao Ming. "Whether it's Jiang Lizi's insurance issue or the Masaki family's face, it's not good for the vice chairman to announce the chairman's death now." Gao Ming narrowed his eyes in surprise and looked at Narita. "The so-called unfavorable... mean?"

"The first is the inheritance. According to the current situation, Mrs. Wenjiang will inherit one half, and the remaining half will be divided equally between the vice chairman's wife and the executive." "Why? Aren't they divorced?" "As long as the divorce agreement is not submitted to the government agency, it will not be recognized. This is common sense." There is a reason why Wenjiang agreed to divorce Tojiro: her brother's business failed and he was burdened with huge debts.Originally, she wanted to invest the compensation received from Tojiro to her brother, but now once Tojiro's death is announced, she will obviously withdraw her willingness to divorce.

"The first is...the legacy." Gao Ming asked Narita with a serious face, "Then are there any other unfavorable factors?" Narita faced him, and said first, "Although this may be just unfounded worry, if Mrs. Wenjiang has that intention, she is likely to control the real power of the company. Then, she should also promote her son Zhengmu to be the director of the company. Chairman." "...Is that so?" Gao Ming looked away from Narita, and muttered softly: "The mother and son can inherit three quarters of the father-in-law's property." "Do you understand?" "Ok." Gao Ming nodded sharply, "Although I understand this truth, I can't do anything about it! Could it be that you came up with some brilliant idea?" Narita took a deep breath. "There is only one way to avoid this kind of thing from happening, and that is to temporarily delay the announcement of the chairman's death. Let Mrs. Wenjiang's divorce agreement be established first, and then announce it later." "However, it will be troublesome if it comes out that you deliberately hid the corpse!" "Of course, we will pretend that the chairman will go on a trip tomorrow, and his whereabouts will be unknown in a few days. Will it be fine if the body is found after a month or so? After such a long time, the gap of 2 or 3 days is also You can get away with it. The location is near the villa in Karuizawa, there is an old forest in the mountains, right?" "Is it still set as a suicide by hanging?" Narita nodded. "Yes, it's too dangerous to do things at this point, and I don't think it's necessary. This way the police and the world can understand the meaning of traveling alone." Gao Ming crossed his arms, frowned and stared at the air in a daze.Maybe he also calculated in his heart what the risk of making such a bet was. Narita turned to Eriko who had been listening to him with a blank expression. "How is it? Miss Jiang Lizi?" She finally raised her head slowly. "Can you successfully achieve your goal?" "I can't guarantee it, but as long as we successfully create the false appearance that he is still alive three days later, no matter how the insurance company tracks it afterwards, the insurance money will still be paid in the end. The rest depends on whether you dare to do it." "I do!" Jiang Lizi replied immediately. "This is a failure in the first place. If you don't do it, you will lose." "Where is the vice chairman?" Narita asked Gao Ming.After touching his bulging chin a few times, he replied, "I can only do it, it's a helpless move." "That's it." Narita said, trying to be as calm as possible. "So, first of all, what should we do to remedy the situation tonight? It is also a way for us to pretend to be ignorant and muddle through, but as the last three people who saw the chairman, we are always a little uneasy. I hope Get someone else to be a witness." "I object. Of course, the fewer people who know this secret, the better." Narita then smiled slightly, showing his bright teeth. "Of course, I don't intend to increase our team, and it doesn't make any sense. What I mean is that a third person needs to confirm that the chairman is still alive." "The chairman is alive? What are you talking about! Isn't he dead?" "so," Narita pointed to his temple, "You need to use your brain." The three walked out of the reception room and entered Tojiro's room again.Tojiro's shriveled body was still hanging there like a model, and Eriko turned his face away from the wall, not daring to look at the corpse. "Put the body down first!" "let me help you." Narita and Gao Ming put Tojiro down, and a beautiful long red and white rope was strangled around his neck.Where did this rope come from? Narita was wondering, but his hand slipped, and Tojiro's head fell to the ground. "Be careful! Is it okay?" "No problem, sorry." Narita hurriedly lifted it up, and found something white rolling around on the ground. It turned out to be Tojiro's front teeth, false teeth.Narita picked it up with his other hand and stuffed it into his suit pocket. The corner of the room where Tojiro's body was brought was covered with a blanket. Then, Narita operated the tape recorder connected to the phone on Tojiro's desk, and pressed the play button.Suddenly, Tojiro came from the loudspeaker talking with another man with a deep voice in his hoarse voice.The two seem to be discussing the distribution of goods. "This man is the sales manager, and I basically understand the content of the conversation." Gao Ming said.Fujijiro has a habit, he will definitely record the content of the call when he thinks it is important. "Mute the Minister's voice, then." Narita played the tape cautiously, removing the voice of the man talking to Tojiro.In this way, all that remains on the tape is the voice of Tojiro alone, accompanied by a certain blank interval. After completing this step, Narita picked up the microphone and called the kitchen.The voice of the maid Asako came into my ears. "Is it Mazi? I'm Narita. I'm sorry, but can you bring a cup of coffee to the chairman's room? Well, a cup will do." I'll send it right away, and after hearing what Mazi said, Narita put down the receiver. "She'll be here soon, let's get ready!" The so-called preparations—— First of all, Jiang Lizi put on Tojiro's robe and his favorite woolen hat.Then he sat down on the sofa with his back to the door so that only the elbows of the robe could be seen. Gao Ming sat diagonally opposite, and Jiang Lizi was a few meters away from the door, so if it was at the door, it seemed that Tojiro was talking to Gao Ming, and the tape recorder was placed at their feet. "Ready!" Narita nodded in satisfaction, just at this moment there was a knock on the door.Gao Ming pressed the switch of the recorder, and Tojiro's hoarse voice began to come out. Narita took a deep breath and opened the door.Mazi immediately appeared in front of her eyes, her hair was tied back, her face was facing the sky, and the aroma of coffee floated into the room before her. "I brought coffee." "Thanks for your hard work." Narita turned around and faced Gao Ming, who was desperately singing a one-man show to Tojiro's voice coming from the tape recorder. "No matter how cheap the goods are, cut corners are not allowed!" This is the voice of Tojiro. "It's not cutting corners, it's just expanding the scope of sales." Gao Ming said. "In short, this time you should do as before." Fujijiro said. Narita smiled wryly at Mazi, and whispered: "Leave this here for me first." Made a gesture of receiving the tray.Mazi bowed slightly, "Then please." Then he handed over the tray. After Narita confirmed that Asako had left, he closed the door with only a crack, and said, "Thank you for your hard work!" This sentence was like a signal, and the two performers stood up immediately after hearing it. "My heart is pounding, this sound is different from the real one!" "I can't do anything for a little bit, but I know it's the voice in the tape, so I didn't play it very openly. She didn't seem to notice this. Let's leave this alone, let's clean it up." After Narita took the hat and robe from Eriko, he casually threw them on the sofa, which he thought was more natural. Jiang Lizi took the coffee cup and poured the steaming coffee out of the window. "There's a lot of milk left in it, it's not natural." Jiang Lizi took out a tissue box from the side, sucked up the coffee in the cup, and threw it into the wastebasket. Gao Ming put the tape recorder back to its original position, took out the tape inside, and replaced it with another one that was originally on the table.Then he made a look like he was visiting branch offices in various places, and inspected the entire room. "Everything seems to be OK." "Where's the latch for the window?" "It's locked securely." "Then let's get out of here first!" After the three of them walked out of Tojiro's room, Eriko locked the door and walked towards the reception room together. It was past nine thirty. "It's a little unnatural for us to go back to the venue together. The vice chairman, please go back first. We will go there in a few minutes. If you have the opportunity to talk to others, you complain that you wanted to see the results of the chairman. I was dragged by him to discuss business for a long time. The chairman's body will be dealt with after the banquet is over." "Understood." Gao Ming nodded impatiently, then opened the door to look at the situation outside the room, and then walked out of the room. This is tantamount to flattering the new chairman, Narita is secretly happy.Originally, he was not related to the Masaki family, but he was only appreciated by Tojiro personally, and many people in the company regarded him as a spy.He was probably the one who was most saddened by Tojiro's death. ——In addition to being flattering, the more important thing is to master his weaknesses. For Narita, this is the purpose of this disguise. He walked to the door, locked it again, then turned to Jiang Lizi and said, "It's all done." She walked up to him, stepping insecurely, leaning her sickly body against him. "Will it really go well?" "Absolutely no problem." He grabbed Jiang Lizi's shoulders and gently lifted her up. "The key now is your determination and courage. This is the east wind you owe after everything is ready." "What should I do?" "Many, of course including some difficult ones." Narita let her go and looked around the room. "We will pretend to be the chairman and set off from here early tomorrow morning, so we must make some preparations for the trip tonight." "Then after the banquet is over, let's get started!" "And then there's..." Narita was silent for a while with an unspeakable expression on his face, and then continued: "We want to make people think that the chairman is driving, but it's not good if his car is still parked in the garage. Do you know how to drive?" "Ok……" "Excuse me, can you help me drive the car to Karuizawa?" "Yes, yes... don't you want to..." A trace of anxiety flashed across Jiang Lizi's expression, and Narita looked into her eyes intently. "Yes, I hope you will take the chairman's body away with you at that time. Of course I will help you move it to the trunk... You don't have to think about anything, just drive. Drive the car over there and throw it away Just download it, and I'll finish it in a few days." Jiang Lizi's eyes were full of confusion, hesitation and fear.Narita stared at her without blinking as if to say, I know this is difficult to do.After a while, she seemed to have made up her mind and nodded slowly. "I understand, I have to make mistakes." "please." Narita hugged her tightly again. "I am really grateful that everyone took time out of their busy schedules to come here today. Thanks to everyone, the chairman also said that he had a very happy birthday. I would like to ask the chairman to give a few words of appreciation at the end Yes, but he is a little tired, so he won't show up here..." After Gao Ming exchanged pleasantries, the banquet finally came to an end.The time was exactly 10 o'clock, and the guests all left the venue one after another, but the personnel in charge of the venue layout had to wait until everything was packed before going back.Narita and Jiang Lizi returned to their room and began to discuss the preparations for the trip. "Don't let anyone see it, and lock the door." "I see." A flush appeared on her cheeks. After Jiang Lizi disappeared, Gao Ming's wife Ryoko came to Narita. "How is Dad?" "It looks a little tired, and I'm resting on the sofa in the study now..." "Really." Ryoko looked away from Narita, and walked in the opposite direction to Tojiro's room, where Gao Ming and Ryoko's room was. After the venue was tidied up and everyone was confirmed to have left, Narita walked towards the corridor again.Before coming to the reception room, he knocked on the door as silently as possible.The person inside didn't answer, instead the door showed a gap of a few centimeters.Gao Ming's sharp eyes shot through the crack of the door, and then he walked out of the reception room. "Where's the key to the study?" Gao Ming paid attention to the movement around him and asked. "here." Narita gave Gao Ming the key he had just obtained from Jiang Lizi. "Then, let's move the corpse!" Just as the two were walking towards Tojiro's room, there was a knock on the door, followed by a call, "Master!" Gao Ming and Narita looked at each other, as if someone was knocking on Tojiro's door. After the two arrived quickly, they found that the maid, Mazi, was turning the doorknob with a worried look on her face.Seeing this, Gao Ming immediately walked over and said: "What are you doing?" Maybe his voice was too loud, Mazi couldn't help shuddering, stiffened his body, and turned his head pale. "I wanted to bring water to the old man...but the door was locked." She motioned to Gao Ming and Gao Ming that she was carrying the kettle and cups on the tray. "Forget it tonight." Gao Ming waved his right hand and said, "The chairman is too tired today, so there is no need." Mazi looked at the kettle hesitantly, and then at the two people. He probably felt that there was no need to hesitate since Gao Ming gave such instructions, and asked, "Then I'll go back, is that okay?" She is the daughter of a wholesaler who is close to Tojiro, and she came to this house to learn how to be a bride (Hanamarriage).And her last job of the day was to deliver the kettle to Tojiro's room. "Well, go back, be careful on the road." After Gao Ming said this, Mazi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then I'll take my leave first." He walked to the other end of the corridor.The clattering sound of the kettle and the cup faded away. Narita asked Gao Ming a little uneasy: "Should no one else come to the chairman's room, right?" "There's also an old servant named Tokuko who lives here, but she's not in charge of taking care of the chairman, it's okay." Narita nodded understandingly, staring at the direction where Mazi was going, "I hope she won't notice the unusual behavior of the two of us..." At this time, there was a click of the door opening behind Narita.